Feb. 27 1933: Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire; Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties. 1942: The Battle of the Java Sea began during World […]
Feb. 20 1792: President George Washington signed an act creating the United States Post Office Department, the predecessor of the U.S. Postal Service. 1907: President Theodore Roosevelt signed an immigration act which excluded “idiots, imbeciles, […]
In 1789, the first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.)
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